About Planetarium Weekend Shows

Step inside our Planetarium and join us for one of our planetarium shows.

We have three different shows running every day at the weekends. The show schedule is shown below.

Planetarium shows cost £3.95 per person per show* (£3 for members), in addition to Thinktank's admission price.

Pre-booking available online as an add-on activity when you purchase your admission tickets.

Weekend planetarium shows

Seasonal Stars: Summer

A show about easy-to-see objects in this season's sky; includes how to find the North Star and how to find some of the seasonal constellations.

This includes the 10min show*: Neutron Stars — The Most Extreme Things that are not Black Holes
Discover what makes neutron stars some of the most extreme and fascinating objects in the universe.

Total show length 20min, suitable for all ages.

Show times:
11am, 12.15pm, 1.45pm, 4pm*
(*not Saturday 25 July, Saturday 5 August, Saturday 29 August)

Satelix (Captions)

Artificial satellites are essential to our daily lives, enabling navigation, mobile communication, and accurate weather forecasts. They have helped us explore Earth’s atmosphere and now guide our journey into space. Satellite technology supports modern life and could sustain humanity’s future on this planet for centuries to come.

Learn how satellites help us in every day activities from helping to forecast the weather to tracking traffic.

Show length 25min, suitable for all ages

Show times (until Sunday 12 July):
1pm, 2.30pm

Little Star that Could (Captions)

Join a little star on an adventure to find planets of his own, meeting uniquely colourful stars along the way.

Show length 25min, suitable for all ages

Show times (until Sunday 12 July):
11.30pm,3.15pm

3-2-1 Liftoff!

Alan is a hamster scientist who finds a robot which fell from the Earth’s orbit. Its spaceship is going to leave soon. Will Alan manage to get the robot back on its ship in time? This is an adventurous animated film about the courage and wits you need to have to get in space and back. (Trailer below)

Show length 30 min, ideal for young families

Show times (from Saturday 18 July):
11.30pm, 3.15pm

Sunstruck

Travel back to the beginning of time and experience the birth of the Sun. Discover how it came to support life, how it threatens life as we know it, and how its energy will one day fade away.

Show length 23min, suitable for all ages

Show time (from Saturday 18 July):
1pm

Ice Worlds

Explore how ice and water sustain life on Earth’s polar regions and beyond. Discover the vital connections between these icy ecosystems and our own survival, and learn how ice shapes other worlds in the Solar System.

Narrated by Academy Award nominated actress, Emily Watson. Produced in cooperation with the University of New Hampshire, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, with the support of the National Science Foundation.

Show length 25min, suitable for all ages

Show time (from Saturday 18 July):
2.30pm